{"product_id":"japanese-americans-the-formation-and-transformations-of-an-ethnic-group-paperback-softback-9780813544335","title":"Japanese Americans; The Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813544335","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJapanese Americans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Formation and Transformations of an Ethnic Group\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Spickard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813544335\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 36 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\" The book is well researched and clearly written, and it provides the reader with perhaps the best single volume on the overall historical experience of Japanese Americans.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Robert C. Sims (Journal of American History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSince 1855, nearly a half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, the majority arriving between 1890 and 1924 during the great wave of immigration to Hawai'i and the mainland. Today, more than one million Americans claim Japanese ancestry. They came to study and to work, and found jobs as farm laborers, cannery workers, and railroad workers. Many settled permanently, formed communities, and sent for family members in Japan. While they worked hard, established credit associations and other networks, and repeatedly distinguished themselves as entrepreneurs, they also encountered harsh discrimination. Nowhere was this more evident than on the West coast during World War II, when virtually the entire population of Japanese Americans was forced into internment camps solely on the basis of their ethnicity.\u003cp\u003eIn this concise history, Paul Spickard traces the struggles and achievements of Japanese Americans in claiming their place in American society. He outlines three forces shaping ethnic groups in general: shared interests, shared institutions, and shared culture, and chronicles the Japanese American experience within this framework, showing how these factors created and nurtured solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures \u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Revised Edition\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1  Japanese Americans and Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003e 2  The Japan They Left\u003cbr\u003e 3  Emigrants and Frontiersmen\u003cbr\u003e 4  Immigrants and Family Folk\u003cbr\u003e 5  Born in America\u003cbr\u003e 6  Internment\u003cbr\u003e 7  Since World War II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Tables\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic Essay: The State of Japanese American History, 1994 \u003cbr\u003e Further Bibliographic Essay: Writing Japanese American History, 1994-2007\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735677661464,"sku":"9780813544335","price":25.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/japanese-americans-the-formation-and-transformations-of-an-ethnic-group-paperback-softback-9780813544335","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}